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Fake Apps for Android™ Mobile on the Rise

July 28, 2014 Fake Apps for Android Mobile on the Rise

Reportedly, a Trend Micro® survey shows an increase in fake apps targeting Android™ mobile users with some malicious creators using their apps to steal user data. The antivirus-antimalware software maker examined the top 50 free apps in the Google Play™ Store. Seventy-seven percent of these apps had fake versions available for unsuspecting Android™ users. The April 2014 survey resulted in 890,482 fake apps cataloged with more than half judged malicious.

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